Electric Hoist

I built this stand to remove this body from the chassis from scrap metal I had lying around. Owner It was easy to build, lightweight, & sturdy. Owner The come-along & ratchet straps worked, but they were difficult to use & didn't give me much up-travel, or any control when lowering the lo… Owner I found a pallet of these at Sam's Club on clearance, so I snagged two & sold one. Owner A little more work on the beam & it fit right in. Owner The first test was to shift the back end of this lifted SAS'ed Bronco chassis to the center of my tiny work yard. Owner If my jumper box had been fully charged, it would have been no problem. Owner I got a fully charged battery & tried to move the heavy end. Owner It lifted it, but barely. There's no way this is 4,000 lbs (I'm using the snatch block), so the winch is obviously overrated. But the body… Owner I used the shop 2-post lift to load this, but it's too high off the ground to unload by hand. Owner The hoist made this easy. I think the top box weighs more than the bottom because 2 LARGE men (me included) could barely handle it. But the… Owner It was getting harder to make the winch work, and halfway through this process, the motor seized. Fortunately, the frame was light enough t… Owner The Champion apparently wasn't built to be outdoors, despite being marketed as an ATV winch. It corroded internally to the point that the a… Owner